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Latin America's first
women priests challenge Church (The
West Australian) Apr 2 - Bogota (AFP) - Olga Lucia Alvarez, a Colombian septuagenarian, says it
is her vocation to be a Catholic priest, and she is not going to let gender or
excommunication stop her from preaching the gospel.

Kenya's sleeping
students prove easy prey for Shebab (The West Australian) Apr 4 - Nairobi (AFP) - Islamist gunmen who massacred sleeping students in
Kenya's Garissa university knew what they were doing: they picked a soft target
put further at risk by crippling corruption and mismanaged security, analysts
say.

Also:
Wal-Mart support of gay
rights turns on business (The
West Australian) Apr 3 - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc has
emerged as an unlikely voice for gay rights after the Arkansas governor heeded
his call on Wednesday to reject a much-criticized bill.

Muslim population could
catch up with Christians globally (The
West Australian) Apr 3 - Washington (AFP) - The Muslim and Christian populations could be nearly
equal by 2050, with Islam expected to be the fastest-growing faith on the
planet, according to projections released Thursday.

Yoga doesn't bend rules
on religion in US (The West
Australian) Apr 4 - Yoga taught in a US public school isn't a gateway to Hinduism and
doesn't violate the religious rights of students or their parents, a California
appeals court has ruled.